Hope Arkansas is the birthplace of former US President William Jefferson ... Clinton! My first reaction is that we never had a president by that name, but... Oh, Yeah! They mean Bill!
Our campground here is a town park, listed as a park with RV sites and open, but it is almost deserted. The 'office' is the park management office, the park is mostly playgrounds, baseball fields, and a large horse arena. It reminds me of a combination town park and fairgrounds. The RV hookups are in open fields of grass. The cost is $15 per night, and there...

Saturday, November 19
We left fairly early this morning headed for Crowley’s Ridge State Park where we are camped now. This small park is lovely, and we seem to be the only campers in it just now. One of the perks of traveling late into the fall. The downside is that it is edging down near freezing at night. We’ve been very comfortable, though. Between the little electric heater when we are plugged in to the grid or the RV propane furnace when we are not, it stays toasty inside.
The country side changed dramatically about halfway through...

We could get used to this business of traveling short distances! Yesterday was only about 120 miles and went through more pretty country. We are gradually getting more comfortable with driving this diesel, although neither of us wants to try anything larger. The dealer neglected to tell us about the four lower gears it has, but a friendly camper a few days ago explained it. Makes it much easier when going up and down hills, and we’ve certainly done a lot of that lately.
We took a short drive through the State Park on Bull Shoals Lake, but...

Wednesday, November 16, 2016
Today was interesting, to say the least. First, Barbara managed to cut the tip of her thumb while slicing potatoes last night, so cooking was a challenge: nobody likes you bleeding in the dinner. :) However, Sam had plastic gloves in the storage bin, and a bit of Kleenex on the thumb in the glove did the trick. Of course, that meant we had to search for a place to buy bandaids, but we found a pharmacy pretty easily. First problem solved.
We had decided to stay at Beaver Lake tonight and War Eagle Corps of...

Monday, November 14, 2016
Big day today. We got up early, and on the road in order to be sure to get a campsite in Gulpha Gorge National Park Campground in Hot Springs. It’s almost in the middle of town, handy to everything, and has full hookups—luxury!
We went to a favorite Mexican restaurant downtown and then headed for Sam’s doctor’s appointment. Got a clean bill of health there (whoopee!) and instructions to come back in three months. After that, we did some grocery shopping to pick up things Barbara had forgotten to pack, including...

This is our last day in Hot Springs. We really enjoyed it. We went up in the Hot Springs Mountain Tower. The Tower is 1,256 feet above sea level. Jacob would have had weak knees. The road going up to the Tower was a switch back. Slow going. They have an area where you can fill containers with spring water.
After the tower we went shopping down main street. We went to an area with crystals. Hot springs is the Crystal Capitol. I could not believe what they pulled out of the mines. Our evening was spent in the Casino. We walk away with more...

As this is the first trip we have made in our new motor home, finding anything has turned out to be a long, drawn-out treasure hunt. Maybe we'll manage to settle on places to stash everything and spend less time searching, but it looks like it might take a while.
We have decided to spend the first few days being very leisurely in some of the Corps of Engineers campgrounds around Lake Ouachita. Tonight and tomorrow night, we are at Tompkins Bend, one of only three open this time of year. It is beautiful with a view of the lake from our front...

Our second day in Hot Springs was a lot of fun. We went to “Oaklawn” the horse track and gaming area. I loved seeing where the horses race. They did not have any races but still enjoyed touring the site. The casino inside Oaklawn is huge. We were really surprised.
Chuck I took pictures of the “Poker Room”. Their Texas holdem tables are automated. It was neat watching folks play by just touching a button. They set at a table just like we do but they have screens that the dealt cards show up on. We played a few slots and three card poker. We...

We made it to Hot Springs Arkansas. We arrived early so we did a little site seeing. Many shops on Main street. This is also the bath house district. Across from the shops is all the bath houses in a row. I did not want to bath in the hot springs bath houses. You know how paranoid I am about germs. People come from all over the world to bath in the hot springs bath water. You can see the fountains with the steam coming up from the hot springs.
The pictures that you see of the Bath House is from the “Fordyce Bath House”. This Bath House is...

I have to mention this cafe that we stopped at in Forrest City, Arkansas. We took a chance with the lunch buffet there and were rewarded with and outstanding home cooked meal. True southern cooking at its finest. Fried chicken, potatoes and gravy, hominy, and everything in between which we both loved. After lunch we waddled back to the motorhome and could have taken a nap! We made record time to Houston where we wanted to look at a motorhome at PPL consignment lot. We were excited to see this RV and were sadly disappointed upon seeing it. I...

We are in Hardy Arkansas. I love this tiny town. They have all these sweet shops up and down main street. We spent about two hours going in and out of the shops. We will be spending the night and then tomorrow we will be on our way to Branson, Mo. We will be there for three days. We will be visiting some folks we knew in the Navy when we were young. We will also be able to see a lot of country music shows. Love to all. Enjoy the pictures.

We sat out by the fire this morning having coffee which I love to do, then decided to tackle washing the RV since it's rare they let you do it at the parks. Then we hit the road to check out some sights, first stop was Christ of the Ozarks which sets off the road about 2 miles and stand 67 feet in the air really awesome sight, next stop I wanted coffee and they have a Thrift Store/coffee shop/medical center we stopped at for coffee and it was the best caramel macchiato I have had in a long time, the thrift store sponsors the free medical...